House of Howard (Fitzalan-Howard)

Sir William Howard (died 1308), a judge who was in the House of Commons in the Model Parliament of 1295 is the first recognised founder of the family. His great-great-great-grandson, Sir Robert Howard, married Lady Margaret Mowbray, elder daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk. Their son John Howard, (1421-1485) was created the 1st Duke of Norfolk in 1483.

Only son of Sir Robert Howard of Stoke Neyland by his wife Lady Margaret de Mowbray, 1st daughter and coheiress by his second wife of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk.

2nd Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Surrey KG (1443–1524) Dukedom restored 1514 with precedency of any former Duke of Norfolk (i.e. the 1397 creation) Earl Marshal. To commemorate his victory at the Battle of Flodden Field, Henry VIII granted an Augmentation of Honour to Howard's coat of arms.

Earldom of Norfolk created with remainder failing the heirs male of his body to those of his uncle Thomas, late Earl of Suffolk, and failing which to those of his uncle Lord William Howard.Restored in 1604 to all such peerages and precedence as Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, lost by his attainder in 1589, as also to the honour, state, and dignity of Earl of Surrey, and to such dignity of baronies as his grandfather, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, lost by his attainder in 1572.Ancestor of the Earls of and Barons Stafford.

Viscountcy of Beaumont became extinct and the Barony of Beaumont fell into abeyance between the two daughters (Joan, Lady Stapleton, and Frideswide, Lady Norris) of his only sister, Joan, Lady Lovel, and their descendants.

Miles Thomas Stapleton, 8th Baron Beaumont (1805–1854) summoned by writ to the House of Lords in 1840 as senior coheir to the Barony of Beaumont.